GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP
Louisiana Elected Officials
Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
5.2.1 Interim Emergency Board (IEB) +
Other Prospective Resources
Disasters require resources for response
and recovery. The response to any disaster
or emergency results in a cost impact
to State and local governments. If the
State is granted a Presidential declaration,
FEMA typically provides a minimum
of 75 percent of the cost. Without a
Presidential declaration, the State and local
governments are required to pay 100 percent of the cost.
When local government
does not have the ability to
fund recovery, the IEB may
provide financial assistance.
When disaster impacts overwhelm local resources, response and recovery leadership need to
know where to go to seek funding. While there are many prospective funding sources, the State
Interim Emergency Board (IEB) is a source to consider.
IEB
The IEB is responsible for either obtaining funds
(from the State General Fund or by borrowing
on the full faith and credit of the State) or
recommending that a State agency deficit spend
its current year budget when an emergency
situation arises between sessions of the
Legislature.
Requests for programs or projects, which may
require future continuing State appropriations,
are not acted upon by the IEB except by request
for deficit spending. Should deficit spending be
found impractical or impossible, the IEB may
fund such projects with a favorable vote of its
members.
IEB Members (or
their designees)
• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• State Treasurer
• Presiding officer of each house of
the Legislature
• Chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee
• Chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee
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